I installed an AWE64 and now I get a hissing noise when I start Gnome (I'm assuming because it loads sound driver automatically).
The hissing goes away if I reboot, but I'd like to turn it "off" manually instead of rebooting, any ideas?

Last edited by pjp on Wed May 08, 2002 3:26 am; edited 1 time in total

Unresolved Symbols _usually_ means (in my experience) some dependancie(s) didn't get compiled or compiled correctly. It appears you are using the Linux Kernel sound drivers. Can you switch to ALSA? Or are you using the Kernel drivers for a specific reason?

To use the current version of ALSA, 0.9x, all you need compiled in the kernel or as a module is sound support; you don't need to select ANY drivers,_________________---Atoz

Unresolved Symbols _usually_ means (in my experience) some dependancie(s) didn't get compiled or compiled correctly. It appears you are using the Linux Kernel sound drivers. Can you switch to ALSA? Or are you using the Kernel drivers for a specific reason?

To use the current version of ALSA, 0.9x, all you need compiled in the kernel or as a module is sound support; you don't need to select ANY drivers,

I think I had already tried what you suggested, but I'm not positive, so I just did it. Under sound, this is the only option I selected: <*> Sound card support

Now, when I start Gnome, i see an error about not being able to open a device (or something similar). I am in the audio group.

I am totally lost and confused on setting up sound... I just don't get it.

Did you select the AWE32 Synth in the module and read the install doc that the kernel help file told ya too? Just wondering.

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Dan

Is that not a kernel module that Mr. Atoz said to not use? I have done what you suggested without luck. My problem is I've just gotten confused with
everything I've read. I don't know which way is up . Previously I had the following selected:
<*> Sound card support
<M> OSS sound modules
[*] Verbose initialization
[*] Persistant DMA buffers
<M> 100% Sound Blaster Compatibles
<M> AWE32 Synth

With that setup, I was able to get hissing noise but no sound. gmix would load and control volume of the hiss, but thats about it.

Did you select the AWE32 Synth in the module and read the install doc that the kernel help file told ya too? Just wondering.

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Dan

Is that not a kernel module that Mr. Atoz said to not use? I have done what you suggested without luck. My problem is I've just gotten confused with
everything I've read. I don't know which way is up . Previously I had the following selected:
<*> Sound card support
<M> OSS sound modules
[*] Verbose initialization
[*] Persistant DMA buffers
<M> 100% Sound Blaster Compatibles
<M> AWE32 Synth

With that setup, I was able to get hissing noise but no sound. gmix would load and control volume of the hiss, but thats about it.

Okay... hmm... I was just checking to see if that worked or not.. never hurts to try

Yes, to use ALSA, you ONLY need to select sound support in the kernel. I always do it a a module so I can see it is loaded. You should review Section 3 of the Desktop Configuration Guide. The discuss setting up ALSA here. It is slightly out of date, since Gentoo moved to ALSA 0.9x. Basically don't setup the aliases in /etc/modules.d/aliases. The have moved to /etc/modules.d/alsa. Also drop the "card" out of the module names.

4 - Run rc-update add alsasound default
5 - Reboot (and cross fingers for no errors when it starts ALSA. if you get errors be sure to post them here.)
6 - Run alsamixer
7 - Unmute Master, HeadPhones, PCM, and CD and crank the volume up on all of them
8 - In another shell, use aplay to play a WAV or mp3 file. With any luck, you have sound!!
9 - Adjust your volumes using alsamixer to your taste. Hit ESC to exit
10 - Run /etc/init.d/alsasound stop & then /etc/init.d/alsasound start to save your volume settings. (Or just reboot)

Naturally I tried your suggestion before reading the online documentation you referenced .
I made it all the way to step 6 which is running alsamixer which reports:

Code:

amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory

While installing the alsa stuff, I noticed something refer to a documentation file for the alsa driver. After looking at it, I think I may need isapnptools.
I have yet to figure out how to configure that file. After reading the website you mentioned, I noticed some settings for IRQ & DMA... maybe I need that part.

4 - Run rc-update add alsasound default
5 - Reboot (and cross fingers for no errors when it starts ALSA. if you get errors be sure to post them here.)

The first time I rebooted, my NVdriver & alsa modules did not load. When I tried to check it out or do a modprobe snd-cmipci or some-such, I got an error,

Code:

Invalid line in /etc/modules.conf
**

It turned out that in my /etc/modules.d/alsa, I had a second line under "## OSS/Free portion", "** alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1". Once I removed the stars, it was fine. (I assume I can remove the line altogether, as well). Just thought I'd post my error...and thanks for the instructions!

Naturally I still get the error about the sound device when starting Gnome. gmix does load though.

I think instead of sb you should be using snd-sbawe. That is the alsa driver instead of the kernel driver (sb). I just got mine setup that way (over ssh) so I'm heading home to test it out But "/etc/init.d/alsasound start" worked fine.

Thanks for all the great info guys.

Update: Everything worked great. Can we do anything about getting the Desktop guide updated with this information?

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